The New York-based designer has created costumes for the opera companies of Central City, Des Moines, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, New Orleans, Reno (Nevada Opera), and Knoxville, as well as the Castleton Festival, Brazil’s FIO Americas, and Italy’s La Musica Lirica. He has also designed for Kansas City Repertory Theatre and for major universities across southern and western America. Knipscher spent nearly a decade as a costume supervisor for the Metropolitan Opera. Recently, he has expanded into film and television, working as a lead tailor, specialty costumer, milliner, or ager/dyer. His recent projects include The Irishman for Netflix, The Greatest Showman for 20th Century Fox, and Transformers: The Last Knight for Paramount Pictures.